My Destiny (Lionel Richie song)

"My Destiny"
Single by Lionel Richie
from the album Back to Front
B-side "Do It to Me"
Released 1992
Format CD single, CD maxi,
7" single, 12" maxi,
cassette
Genre Funk, Soul
Length 3:49
Label Motown
Writer(s) Lionel Richie
Producer Lionel Richie
Stewart Levine
Lionel Richie singles chronology
"Do It to Me"
(1992)		 "My Destiny"
(1992)		 "Love, Oh Love"
(1992)

"My Destiny" is a 1992 song recorded by Lionel Richie. It was the second single from his album Back to Front and was released in 1992. The song achieved some success, and it even topped the Dutch Mega Single Top 100. The song also appeared on Richie's best of Truly: The Love Songs and The Definitive Collection.

The song was sung by Moni Tivony on the TV series The One and Only.

Contents

Track listings

CD maxi
  1. "My Destiny" (lite mix edit) – 3:49
  2. "Do It to Me" (rhythm method single edit) – 4:36
  3. "My Destiny" (hiphouse #2 mix) – 5:59
  4. "Do It to Me" (rhythm method extended mix) – 6:32
7" single
  1. "My Destiny" (lite mix edit) – 3:50
  2. "Do It to Me" (rhythm method single edit) – 4:35
12" maxi
  1. "My Destiny" (hiphouse #2 mix) – 5:55
  2. "Do It to Me" (rhythm method single edit) – 4:35
  3. "Do It to Me" (rhythm method extended mix) – 6:32
  4. "My Destiny" (lite mix edit) – 3:50
Cassette
  1. "My Destiny" (lite mix edit)
  2. "Do It to Me" (rhythm method single edit)
  3. "My Destiny" (lite mix edit)
  4. "Do It to Me" (rhythm method single edit)

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[1] 22
Dutch Top 40[2] 2
French SNEP Singles Chart[1] 18
German Singles Chart[1] 23
Irish Singles Chart[3] 10
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[1] 38
Swiss Singles Chart[1] 19
UK Singles Chart[4] 7
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[5] 7
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs[5] 56

End of year charts

End of year chart (1992) Position
Dutch Top 40[2] 21

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "My Destiny", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 11, 2009)
  2. ^ a b "Single top 100 over 1992" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201992.pdf. Retrieved 14 April 2010. 
  3. ^ Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 11, 2009)
  4. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 11, 2009)
  5. ^ a b Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved April 11, 2009)
Lionel Richie
Studio albums

Lionel Richie (1982) · Can't Slow Down (1983) · Dancing on the Ceiling (1986) · Louder Than Words (1996) · Time (1998) · Renaissance (2000) · Just for You (2004) · Coming Home (2006) · Just Go (2009) · Tuskegee (2012)
Live albums

Encore (2002) · Live in Paris (2007) · Live - His Greatest Hits and More (2007)
Compilation albums

Back to Front (1992) · Truly: The Love Songs (1997) · Gold (2006) · Soul Legends (2006) · Sounds of the Season (2006) · The Definitive Collection (2007) · Symphonica in Rosso (2008)
Singles

"Endless Love" (with Diana Ross) (1981) · "Truly" (1982) · "You Are" (1983) · "My Love" (1983) · "All Night Long (All Night)" (1983) · "Running with the Night" (1983) · "Hello" (1984) · "Stuck on You" (1984) · "Penny Lover" (1984) · "Say You, Say Me" (1985) · "Dancing on the Ceiling" (1986) · "Love Will Conquer All" (1986) · "Ballerina Girl" (1986) · "Deep River Woman" (1987) · "Do It to Me" (1992) · "My Destiny" (1992) · "I Call It Love" (2006) · "Why" (2006) · "All Around the World" (2007) · "Just Go" (2009)
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